5. Character Design
The first stage of your character-creation project is, of course, preproduction (discussed in Chapter 4, “Project Overview”). There are a lot of ways to design a character, and each artist uses a different method. In this chapter, you explore a common approach that you can later adapt according to your skills. I also note some other methods so that you can try them if they sound interesting to you.
You can use any medium to design your character, such as paper or software. In this chapter, the whole process is carried out with digital painting software and a pen tablet, but you can use any other painting medium.
Character Description
Before you start drawing or imagining what clothes a character will wear, how big its eyes ...
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